[Air-L] Call for Papers: CySoc Workshop on Cyber Social Threats @ICWSM 2020

[Ugur Kursuncu]

Call for Papers: CySoc 2020 - International Workshop on Cyber Social
Threats @ICWSM 2020

Deadline: April 8, 2020
Website: CySoc.aiisc.ai

The International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats, CySoc 2020, will be
held in conjunction with the 14th International AAAI Conference on Web and
Social Media (ICWSM 2020) on June 8, 2020, in Atlanta, USA.

This workshop will bring together researchers and practitioners in computer
and social sciences from both academia and industry to exchange ideas on
understanding the multi-faceted social, psychological, cultural, emotional,
communicative, and linguistic aspects of harmful content while leading the
discussion on building novel computational methods to reliably detect,
derive meaning, interpret, understand and counter them.

We welcome papers for consideration, employing quantitative and/or
qualitative, analytical, theoretical approaches examining a diverse range
of issues related to online harmful communications. Papers on
resources/data and tools will also be welcome either for demos or for
short/regular talks. The authors of the best paper will be invited for
the Special
Issue on Cyber-Social Health: Promoting Good and Countering Harm on Social
Media
<https://www.computer.org/digital-library/magazines/ic/call-for-papers-special-issue-on-cyber-social-health-promoting-good-and-countering-harm-on-social-media>
.

Topics for research and discussions include (but not limited to):


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   Online extremism
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   Harassment and cyberbullying
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   Hate speech
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   Gender-based violence,
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   Human trafficking,
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   Illicit drug trafficking,
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   Mental health implications of social media,
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   Ethical considerations on privacy-preserving social media analytics,
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   Emotional and psychological support,
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   Trust relationship and community dynamics,
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   Relationship of the social web and mainstream news media,
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   Cultural implications of social web usage,
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   Influencer identification and community detection for movements
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   Misinformation and disinformation (e.g., epidemics of fake news, images
   and videos, during a disaster, health issues and elections).



For any questions, please contact kursuncu at mailbox.sc.edu.

Co-organizers:

Ugur Kursuncu, AI Institute, University of South Carolina, SC, USA.

Yelena Mejova, ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy.

Jeremy Blackburn, State University of New York at Binghamton, NY, USA

Amit Sheth, AI Institute, University of South Carolina, SC, USA.